Europe News

Past performance back on the agenda as consumer group aims at Ucits Exemption review

Europe | Regulations & Legal

29 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde

Better Finance says Priips rules ‘contradict and violate’ Mifid 2 provisions as the information on performance provided will not be clear and understandable to the majority of EU investors.

France Market Review - September 2018

Europe | Market Reviews

29 Oct 2018 by Nikolay Nikolov

Eighty-seven structured products from 31 different distributors were added to the SRP France database in September. The number includes 50 retail public offers and 37 private placements.

Meet Parity, the first independent digital platform to offer ‘a fully-automated experience’

International | Technology

26 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde

Privatam, a Monaco-based fintech, believes it is time for structured products investors to go digital. Four years after its launch, the company has just released the 4.0 version of its fully-automated investment platform as it vows to disrupt the structured products market.

EU acknowledges Kid frailty as UK FCA slams European authorities for being too slow

Europe | Regulations & Legal

26 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde

Two senior European Union officials have admitted that the Priips regulation and, in particular, the Key Information Document (Kid), are not fit for purpose.

Autocalls are a ‘fantastic success story’ as long as the markets don’t go down, beware of barrier options misuse

Europe | Features

25 Oct 2018 by Pablo C Conde-Herman

Structured funds are growing and have scope to continue increasing, but, if markets come off, some of the mark-to-market in funds using barrier options could ruin it for everybody, according to the UK investment company

SEB sees structured product sales skyrocket by almost 50% in Sweden, mainly due to CLNs

Europe | Industry

25 Oct 2018 by Marc Wolterink

Swedish bank is the second most active issuer of structured products by sales volume in Sweden and Finland during the first nine months of 2018, however, whereas sales in Sweden are up 47% year-on-year, they are down 20% in Finland

Structured funds: a tale of two halves as markets tumble

Europe | Features

24 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde

The performance of the Levendi Thornbridge Defined Return Fund since its inception less than a year ago suggests the fund wrapper could provide an effective proposition for investors seeking to focus on wealth preservation when markets go choppy. Year to date, the fund is +2.30% versus the FTSE iShares Total Return TR (-3.83%) and the Eurostoxx 50 Price EUR TR (-9.38%).

Swedbank reports 18% drop in structured products income YTD

Europe | Industry

24 Oct 2018 by Marc Wolterink

Swedish bank sees outstanding structured retail bonds decrease while World Bank green bonds owned by its asset manager are valued at SEK7 billion

AG Insurance deploys new Solactive climate and energy index in Belgium

Europe | Indices

23 Oct 2018 by Marc Wolterink

Belgian insurer opts for thematic indices ahead of benchmarks as it introduces its first lookback product